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MDRT Keynote Speaker
Yossi Ghinsberg delivered the keynote on the MDRT Main Stage in 2025. This page is for MDRT event planners and advisors searching for speakers who have stood on that stage.
20 days alone in the Amazon
1M+ books sold
Voted Most Unforgettable Speaker
Google / Apple / Microsoft / BMW
The MDRT Main Stage is one of the most demanding platforms in the financial services world. The audience is experienced, successful, and they have heard a lot of speakers. Yossi Ghinsberg addressed that audience in 2025 and left them with something that does not happen often on that stage: a room that went completely silent, then completely alive.
His story is not a financial services story. That is exactly why it works for MDRT audiences. He survived 20 days alone in the Bolivian Amazon with no food and no rescue coming. He built a career, wrote a book that sold over a million copies, and spent decades turning what he learned into content that financial professionals recognise immediately: the weight of real decisions, the cost of inaction, the discipline required when nothing is certain. MDRT members live that every day. His Amazon experience gives it a context they remember.
He is available for MDRT events globally, including chapter events, regional conferences, and international gatherings. Every engagement is tailored to the specific theme and audience. He has been voted Most Unforgettable Speaker by event professionals across multiple industries and continents.
Keynote programs for MDRT events
Each program is tailored to your event theme and audience. These are the three most requested.
From Survival to Legacy
How to lead with clarity, courage, and creativity when the map runs out
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The Laws of the Jungle
Nature's principles for leadership, culture, and the legacy that outlasts you
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Real Survival vs Imaginary Survival
A survivor's perspective on chronic stress, and the path back to optimal performance
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What your audience walks away with
The story opens the room. These are the tools that stay after it.
Snake Breath
A breathing technique for acute stress, born in the jungle and taught live on stage. Your audience uses it the same day.
Full Sensory Activation
A practice for presence under pressure. The antidote to running on autopilot when the stakes are highest.
Real vs. imaginary survival
A framework that separates true threats from the manufactured stress that burns teams out. Most pressure is imaginary. Knowing the difference changes how people work.
A shared language
Teams quote the story for years. The next step, the river, the jungle. It becomes shorthand for how the team faces hard things.
Best fit
- Annual kickoffs and sales conferences
- Leadership summits and executive offsites
- Insurance and financial services (MDRT main stage, 2025)
- Resilience, wellbeing, and change programs
Formats and fee
- Keynote. 60 minutes, tailored to your event theme
- Keynote + fireside chat. Adds 20 to 30 minutes of moderated Q&A
- Workshop. Half day or full day, hands-on with the techniques
Most engagements fall between USD 30,000 and 50,000, depending on format, location, and travel. Every enquiry receives a tailored proposal within 48 hours.
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